DIY Drumstick Ice Cream Cones

May 28, 2015

Ah, summer! Can you feel it? It is close. Pretty soon schools will be out of session and the creepy bells of the ice cream truck will echo along the streets of the neighborhood. Yeah, I said creepy. There is something eerie and haunting about that chimey song.

Growing up, we lived on a dead end street. There were two other houses with kids roughly me and my brothers’ age on the block. We didn’t get a lot of action from the neighborhood ice cream trucks. Womp, womp. Fear not though, our house was never lacking of Flintstone Push-Pops or Fudgesicles.

I think there may have been one time I actually remember the ice cream truck stopping before our street, looking at us, then backing up to come down our block. We hustled inside and got our money. My mom came out to supervise. She thinks the music is creepy too. Clearly.

I could totally lie to you and say that I always got a Drumstick. Wouldn’t that just make the perfect story? But that would be a lie and I would lose all my journalistic integrity.

I bought a Mickey Mouse ice cream pop. Come on. You have to know the ones I am talking about. I think it was chocolate and vanilla ice cream in the shape of Mickey’s head with two brown M&M’s for eyes. Please tell me you remember those?!?!? I have no idea what my brothers bought. Most likely the same, but who knows. I was too wrapped up in my own ice cream-on-a-stick bliss.

Eating ice cream outdoors in the heat is not a classy look. That is why it is better left to kids with dirty, scraped knees and sticky hands. These days the ice cream truck is a long gone past time. I think in the whole time we have lived here, I have only heard the creepy song once but I have never seen it with my own eyes.

If I am craving some sort of ice cream truck treat, I walk my butt I make Mike walk to 7-Eleven for a Drumstick. It is something about that salty peanut coated vanilla ice cream that cures my sweet tooth. Also, a little appreciated side of the Drumstick is the chocolate coating on the inside of the cone which reinforces the cone and leaves you with a chocolate filled last bite of ice cream cone that sort of makes up for the fact that all the ice cream has already been demolished.

To save Mike the walk and save us the money, I made some homemade ones. It was super easy. All you need is five ingredients and about twenty minutes. Andy is a big fan of the drumstick. He is still skeptical of the awesomeness of ice cream. He is too focused on how cold it is, which means he only takes a few bites, leaving me the rest. Score!

DIY Drumstick Ice Cream Cones

Who needs an extra trip to the store for Drumsticks when in twenty minutes you can make your own at home!

Yields: 6 Cones

6 Sugar Cones

1 Pint Vanilla Bean Ice Cream

1 Cup Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips

1 Tablespoon Coconut Oil

½ Cup Chopped Roasted and Salted Peanuts

Combine the chocolate chips and coconut oil in a small heatproof bowl. Microwave for 60 seconds, stir, and then microwave for another 20-30 seconds. Let it sit a minute and then stir until smooth.

Take about a scant tablespoon of the chocolate sauce and pour it into the ice cream cone while simultaneously turning the ice cream cone to coat the entire interior of the cone. Set the cones in a popsicle mold or in the grates of the shelf in the freezer to set up while still keeping them upright. Let the cones set up in the freezer for 5 minutes.

Using a small ice cream scoop, scoop about two or three small scoops of vanilla ice cream into the inside of each cone. Top each cone with two heaping scoops of ice cream using the same small scoop. Use the back of a spoon or the scoop to form the ice cream into a nice round shape. Continue until you have topped all the cones with ice cream. Place the cones back in whatever holder they were in previously and place them in the fridge for another five minutes.

Add the chopped nuts to a small dish. Place the chocolate sauce bowl next to the nuts. Take one cone out of the freezer at a time. Tilt the chocolate sauce bowl to the side and turn the ice cream scoop in the sauce until fully coated. Hold the cone over the bowl for a few seconds to allow excess to drip off. Gently press the still soft chocolate covered cone into the nuts, turning one or two times. Place the cone back in the freezer to set up. Continue that process until all the cones are topped with chocolate and nuts.

Allow the cones to chill in the freezer for at least five minutes to completely harden. The cones will last up to a week in the freezer.

I remember the ice cream truck days. I would hear the music, run in side, beg for money (or dig in between the couch cushions) then run back outside screaming stoooopppp. My choice would vary but I had a soft spot for snow cones and not good ones, the ones that were all ice with sugar syrup already drizzled inside. KInd of a ripoff when you think about it now. The drumstick though, this is a worthy ice cream truck treat. You’ve got ice cream, all the chocolate and the peanuts. This homemade version could be dangerous.